Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-23
THE RAILROAD BILLS.
wIsT PoIRT TERMINAL AND NORFOLK
AND WESTERN.
Both OF them Passed the 0eaeral Assem-
bly, and Sent TO Governor
Lee.

forming the Senate of the passage by
that branch of certain bills, which were
read twice and referred.
| The Chair laid before the Senate q
communication reported in House pro-
ceedingsl from the Governor, which
was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Rhea asked to be relieved from
service on the special committee APP
pointed to consider the report of the
Tevisers of the Code, as its meetings
conflict with those OF another committee
OF which he is member. He was re-
heved, and Mr.. Williams appointed in
his stead
BILLS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
TO authorize county and city treasu.
rers in paying jurors, witnesses, and
others to retain taxes due to the Com
monwealth to punish persons fraudu-
lently usingcoupons withamendments];
TO incorporate the Charlottesville anu
University et-Railway Company
with an amendment TO establish the
court of equity of the city of Rich
mond. defining its jurisdiction, and re-
lating TO the courts of the said city;
10 Incorporate the Mercantile Club to
authorize any corporation of this State
10 subscribe for guarantee or acquire
the stock and bonds of the Roanoke
| Water Works; TO confirm the rights
and privileges Of the Gay Manufac-
turing Company, and to grant certain
u, ffa oil NJ
| AllemOnd to erect wharf on York
river, in Gloucester county; TO amend
| and re-enact sections 2, 5, and of an
act Incorporating the Petersburg and
Chesterfield Railroad Company TO
authorize and enable the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company, a corpo-
ration created and organized under the
| operate an extension of its line of rail
road into and within the State of Vir-
ginia to authorize the Lynchburg and
Halifax and North Carolina Railroad
| Company TO consolidate with the Dur
ham and Roxboro' Railroad Company,
in the State of North Carolina
to amend, &c, an act ap-
. proved January, 1884, to incOrpo-
rate the Lynchburg, Halifax and
North Carolina Railroad Company
TO authorize the issue of bonds and pre-
fe1red stock by the Richmond and Al
leghany Railroad Company to incor-
porate the Cripple-Creek Iron and
Steel Company to allow b. A. Rowe
and others to erect pier on York river,
in Gloucester county, and granting
John L. Fosque and others the same
privilege to amend an act to incorpo-
rate the Sisters of Charity of st.
Joseph's Academy and Orphan Asylum
of kichmOnd to amend. &C., an act
approved February 20, 1867, to incor-
porate the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company and to issue preferred stock
and convertible bonds under any plan |
of Reorganization thereof with an
amendment to incorporate the Vir-
ginia Transatlantic Steamship Line to
authorize county subscriptions to the
capital stock Of the Virginia Western |
railroad.
CONSIDERING IMPORTANT MATTERS.
Mr.. KOiner, chairman of the Finance |
Committee, stated for the information
of the Senate that there were several |
matters of importance pending before |
the committee which would be reported |
MS soon as practicable.
CoDE-REvIsERs' REPORT.
Mr.. HeatOn, from the special joint |
committee appointed to consider the re-
port of the revisers of the Code, reported |
without amendment the resolution |
directing the Superintendent of Public |
Printing to print 800 copies of the text |
of the Code as prepared by the revisers |
for the use of the General Assembly, |
the cost to be paid upon the order of the
Executive.
Mr.. Gordon asked if it would not be |
better to have more than 500 copies |
printed.
Mr.. HeatOn said that he thought this !
a sufficient number, as the sheets are I,
only intended for reference, and it
will, after giving each member OF the
Legislature three copies and thirty-fve
to the revisers, leave about fifty for
distribution. He said further that the
General Assembly could not possibly
at this extra session pass upon the Re
vised Code by sections, but would have
to act upon the report as a whole
The resolution was adopted.
THE CoLORED MEMBER.
William W. Worsham, the cOlorcd |
member elected from Nottoway to sue
ceed Hon. William l.. Gaines, elected |
to the United States Congress, having |
arrived, and his credentials being i'll
the hands of the Clerk, he was invited
TO the desk, where he took the oaths
Of office.
AWAY WITH TIE CoNv1CT5.
Mr.. Ellyson offered the following,
which was adopted
RcS0ired, That the Superintendent
of Public Buildings be requested to
furnish the Senate with an estimate OF
the cost per annum of substituting free |
labor for the convicts now employed
about the Capitol building, Capitol
Square, and Governors mansion.
THE WEST VIRGINIA LINE.
Mr.. Mccormick introduced the fol-
lowing, which was agreed to:
Resoircd, That the Secretary of the
Commonwealth be requested to inform
the Senate as early as possible what, If
any. report has been made by the com
missioners to locate the boundary line
between the States of Virginia and
West Virginia, appointed under the act
of April j, 1873 Session Acts lS72-'73,
page 33l), and If he has in his office
such report, he will, in his reply to this
resolution, transmit II copy thereof, and
he will also give the namesof said COM
missiOneIs. ab
PRIyILEGED SEAT.
Mr.. Wickham offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Hcsolccd, That General A. f. Steven
son, First Assistant Postmaster-General
of the United States of America, be in-
vited to a privileged seat upon the floor
of the Senate.
The President extended cordial
welcome TO General Stevenson, and this
gentleman bowed his recognition.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
By Mr.. Edmunds: To repeal section
N = lo,,tor q Sub1ivigion Of chaptpr |